Timoteo Pérez Vargas

Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. (1595 – 5 April, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Most Reverend Timoteo Pérez Vargas
Bishop of Baghdad
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Baghdad
In office	1633–1639
Predecessor	None
Successor	Jean Duval
Orders
Consecration	September 19, 1632 by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born	1595 Palermo, Italy
Died	April 5, 1651
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).

Biography

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Italy and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on June 8, 1612.[2] September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan.[1][2] On September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad.[1][2] On September 19, 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.[2] On September 5, 1633, he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan.[1][2] On December 23, 1639, he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra.[1][2] He died on April 5, 1651.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

• Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641); and
• Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Facundo de la Torre, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1632);
• Antonio González Acevedo, Bishop of Almería (1634);
• Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634);
• Diego Serrano Sotomayor, Bishop of Solsona (1636);
• Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637);
• Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán (1638);
• Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1639);
• Cesare Facchinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1639);
• Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval, Bishop of Zamora (1639);
• Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);
• Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá (1642);
• Juan Piñeiro Osorio, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1643);
• Antonio Paiño Sevilla, Bishop of Orense (1643);
• Juan Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, Bishop of Lugo (1643);
• Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria (1644);
• Juan del Pozo Horta, Bishop of Lugo (1646); and
• Francisco Pio Guadalupe Téllez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1649).

He also presided over the priestly ordination of:[2]

• Diego Lozano González, Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (1646).

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 106, 97, and 226. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Archdiocese of Baghdad" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Archdiocese of Baghdad" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Archdiocese of Isfahan" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Archdiocese of Ispahan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016